Van der Sloot Pleads Guilty in Peru Murder

The judges hearing the trial of Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot are expected to announce their sentence Friday, following Van der Sloot’s plea on Wednesday of guilty to the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old University of Lima business administration student. “I plead guilty and I regret everything that I have done,” Van der [...]

Van der Sloot may qualify for extradition under Peru-Netherlands treaty

Peru and the Netherlands have signed an extradition agreement that may allow Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot to serve his sentence in the Netherlands. Peruvian Foreign Relations Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde signed the agreement with his Dutch counterpart, Uri Rosenthal, on Thursday, daily La Republica reported.  The main reason for the treaty is [...]

Update: INPE clarifies Van der Sloot not involved in prison stabbings

Peru’s national penitentiary institute INPE has clarified that Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot was not involved in stabbings of fellow inmates at Lima’s maximum security Miguel Castro Castro prison. INPE said in a statement that a report claiming Van der Sloot’s involvement “is false.” Van der Sloot’s lawyer, Maximo Altez, said he may press [...]

Van der Sloot in prison fight, reported to have stabbed three

Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has reportedly been involved in stabbings at Lima’s maximum security Miguel Castro Castro prison, where he is being held in connection to the murder of a university student in his Lima hotel room last year. Van der Sloot allegedly stabbed three inmates at the prison, according to a report by [...]

Peru.21: Fujimori’s former defense attorney may represent van der Sloot

The defense attorney for jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, Cesar Nakasaki, may represent Joran van der Sloot, the 22-year-old Dutch citizen accused of killing a university student in his Lima hotel room on May 30, daily Peru.21 reported. The possibility that Nakasaki may represent van der Sloot comes as the Dutch citizen’s recently appointed defense lawyer [...]

Van der Sloot: Peruvian justice, public passion and the media’s responsibility

By Rick Vecchio Peruvian Times Editor The absence of one word left a gaping hole in our story yesterday about Joran Van der Sloot’s interrogation by Peruvian police — and we weren’t alone. The word was “allegedly,” a somewhat technical, cumbersome term. Who really ever utters “allegedly” in everyday conversation?  That is why so many [...]